---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligible participants in the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program."
description: "Relating to eligible participants in the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1184"
citation: "Texas SB 1184 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Higher--Student Fees (I0234)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Education--Higher--Tuition (I0233)", "GUARDIANS & WARDS (S0301)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c3cfee3-f1f1-4ede-b0d3-f2b61d8e36a6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1184.xml"
source_hash: "60f5514dcf79000dd5b2cb6ce4724e2da9314aa21e37cfdcd2989e842f2ac075"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 1184 (86) — Relating to eligible participants in the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01184I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c3cfee3-f1f1-4ede-b0d3-f2b61d8e36a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).